Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Married 19 March 1941, Methodist Church, Collie to Margaret Joan Trigwell, daughter of Walter James Ingwell and Annie Isabelle Stewart
Children: one son and two daughters

Death

Date8 March 1998

PlaceCollie Hospital, Western Australia

CemeteryDarkan Cemetery, Western Australia

Cause of Death

Religion

Uniting Church

Education

Educated Bullading State School
Left school at the end of 1927

Occupation

Farmer

Employment History

Worked with his father until 1939 then leased father’s sheep farm in Darkan
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force 1 February 1942, invalided out circa August 1942
After his father’s death in 1948 in partnership with brother for two years then each farmed half the property

House

MLC

Local Government Service

West Arthur Road Board April 1946–May 1965
President 1949–1958
Vice-president Great Southern Shire Council Association 1959–1965
Also six years as representative on Country Shire Councils Association of WA

Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependants 30 May 1972–1 May 1973

Background/Membership

Retired from Parliament following car accidentSon took over farming property
Member Darkan branch Farmers’ Union
Member Darkan Progress Association
Foundation chairman Darkan St John Ambulance Association 1958–1966, hon life member 8 February 1966
Justice of the Peace, 1959
Member Darkan Rifle Club for 57 years
Member of cricket, football and tennis clubs holding positions including secretary and captain

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010,Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 209.West Australian, 22 February 1965, 10 March 1998.